Test 7 · ★ · Tense consistency and verb forms A lad from Wigan says "Our kid were late again, the muppet." ("Our kid" means my brother or sister.) Which is the standard?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lad, kid · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: kid, brother, standard · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 31 «Tense consistency and verb forms» of the English course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school .
The question Sentence 1: A lad from Wigan says "Our kid were late again, the muppet."
det nsubj case nmod punct nmod:poss obj cop advmod conj punct det conj punct punct root A DET lad NOUN from ADP Wigan PROPN says VERB " PUNCT Our PRON kid NOUN were AUX late ADV again ADV , PUNCT the DET muppet NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 lad det 2 lad lad NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 3 from from ADP _ 4 Wigan case 4 Wigan Wigan PROPN Number=Sing 2 lad nmod 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 kid punct 7 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 kid nmod:poss 8 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 5 says obj 9 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 again cop 10 late late ADV Degree=Pos 11 again advmod 11 again again ADV _ 8 kid conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 muppet punct 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 muppet det 14 muppet muppet NOUN Number=Sing 8 kid conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 8 kid punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 8 kid punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a lad from Wigan Our kid and the muppet vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kid=Topic 2 is in a quote past a lad from Wigan not said here again, late property tree rules
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: ("Our kid" means my brother or sister.)
punct punct nmod:poss nsubj punct nmod:poss obj cc conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Our PRON kid NOUN " PUNCT means VERB my PRON brother NOUN or CCONJ sister NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 4 kid punct 3 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 kid nmod:poss 4 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 kid punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 brother nmod:poss 8 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 6 means obj 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 sister cc 10 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 8 brother conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 12 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Our kid my brother or sister vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Topic
Sentence 3: Which is the standard?
nsubj cop det punct root Which PRON is AUX the DET standard NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which PRON PronType=Rel 4 standard nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 standard cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 standard det 4 standard standard NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 standard punct
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1 is a present the standard tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice My brother be late again.
nmod:poss nsubj cop advmod punct root My PRON brother NOUN be AUX late ADJ again ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 4 late nsubj 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 late cop 4 late late ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 again again ADV _ 4 late advmod 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 late punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is infinitive My brother again late property tree rules
Option 2 My brother is late again yesterday.
nmod:poss nsubj cop advmod obl:unmarked punct root My PRON brother NOUN is AUX late ADJ again ADV yesterday NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 4 late nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 late cop 4 late late ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 again again ADV _ 4 late advmod 6 yesterday yesterday NOUN Number=Sing 4 late obl:unmarked 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 late punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present My brother again; yesterday late property tree rules
Option 3 My brother were late again.
nmod:poss nsubj advmod advmod punct root My PRON brother NOUN were VERB late ADV again ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 were nsubj 3 were be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 late late ADV Degree=Pos 3 were advmod 5 again again ADV _ 3 were advmod 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 were punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 be past My brother again late property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer My brother was late again.
nmod:poss nsubj cop advmod punct root My PRON brother NOUN was AUX late ADJ again ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 4 late nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 late cop 4 late late ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 again again ADV _ 4 late advmod 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 late punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past My brother again late property tree rules
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